Re: Please suggest OCR software

[Adam <adam%netbsd.org@localhost>]

> Looking to convert some printed (not handwritten) document scans into
> text using OCR.
> 
> In pkgsrc/graphics notice, claraocr, gocr, ocrad, tesseract.
> 
> Looking for command line usage and preferably small footprint. A decent
> accuracy level is acceptable.
> 
> If someone has used any OCR software from pkgsrc on NetBSD, kindly share
> your advice/experience.
> 
> Mayuresh

Tesseract is quite nice and easy to use. It also has an easy API. The package is large, because it contains data for many languages.

Kind regards,
Adam